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Don't upgrade if you are uncertain. Create another partition on your hard disk. Shrink the Vista partition if needed. You need to give yourself about 20 gbs, but more, if you can spare it, for your software.
Give the new partition a distinctive name, so you make no mistakes (WIN7?)
Boot up on your install disk and install 7 in the new partition. It will set up a dual boot, without disturbing your Vista installation, and you can enjoy both.

If you have a restore partion on you pC so you can reinstall a fresh image by hitting F11 during Bootup, be carefull as I lost my ability to use that restore partition. Apparently there is a command line some where in dos that gets erased when installing 7

It happened to me. If you only have a single partition for your OS and you use disks to reload windows, then all you need is to create a 20 gig or more oartition on your existing HD assuming you have the room to spare.

Windows Vista™ Ultimate cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium.I received this message:
Windows Vista™ Ultimate cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium. You can choose to install a new copy of Windows 7 Home Premium instead, but this is different from an upgrade, and does not keep your files, settings, and programs. You’ll need to reinstall any programs...

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64 bit vista home premium to 32 bit 7 ultimateHey everyone. I am currently running vista 64 home premium and my school sold me a copy of windows 7 ultimate for about $17, but it's a 32 bit version.
Is there any way to get a 64 bit version upgrade without having to pay a ton of money? Or am I just gonna have to be stuck with 32 bit?
If...

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Windows Vista Home Premium 64 to Windows 7 Ultimate 64In October, with the official release, will I be able to upgrade my Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate, without doing a clean install ?
This will mean I will not have to do a reinstall of all my applications and games.
NOTE1: Important data is backed up to an external drive....

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Vista Home 32bit to Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100I want to upgrade from vista to the new 7100 beta and have a few questions. I know the programs are removed but are the other files such as media also removed. I have a large music collection on my computer and i cant transfer it anywhere else so if it does then i will have to hold off until i can.